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Fans of the Halloween franchise have a big pre-holiday gift coming their way...

Further Details:
Rumours started swirling this weekend and now we have confirmation: the entire

Halloween

film collection is going to be made available in one big set via Anchor Bay Entertainment and Scream Factory.

Quote: Beverly Hills, CA – Last year, the horror classic Halloween celebrated 35 years of terror for those willing to partake in its vision of unrelenting horror. But that was only the beginning of the celebration. What producers Moustapha Akkad, Debra Hill and Irwin Yablans, writer/director John Carpenter and stars Jamie Lee Curtis & Donald Pleasence started in 1978 has transformed into one of the most durable, iconic – and copiously studied - horror film franchises ever created. Before Jason, before Freddy, and before Jigsaw, there was…Michael. Over the years, audiences have lived and relived the terrors of Michael Myers through ten feature films, as well as various re-edits and alternate versions. Yet to date, the complete saga of Michael Myers could only be told in pieces, in individual DVD and Blu-ray releases, with the rights spread across multiple home entertainment studios.

Until now…

Through the unprecedented collaboration of rival home entertainment companies Anchor Bay Entertainment and Scream Factory – the leading purveyors in horror home entertainment –

Halloween: The Complete Collection

Blu-ray box sets arrive September 23rd.

For the legions of Halloween fans, the

Deluxe Edition

boasts 15 discs and contains all the Halloween feature films – Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III: Season of the Witch, Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, Halloween H20, Halloween: Resurrection, Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II. The set includes the never before released producers' cut of Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, as well as the ultra-rare network TV version of the original Halloween, the network TV version of Halloween II, plus the unrated versions of Rob Zombie’s Halloween and Halloween II. It is packed with hours of brand new bonus features including new interviews with cast and crew from the entire franchise! In response to years of fan feedback, the first Halloween will now also include the

original mono audio track

and the set will include both versions of the original Halloween - the original Blu-ray release and the recently remastered 35th Anniversary version with the mono track added back in. It also comes with a limited edition 40-page book written by Michael Gingold of Fangoria Magazine. The collectible packaging will include a newly commissioned illustration on the outer case and each film will be in its own black Blu-ray case with the original theatrical one sheet as the key art. This deluxe set carries an SRP of $169.99.

The 10-disc edition includes the original theatrical versions of the Halloween films and will include select bonus features. SRP is $129.99.

Both sets pre-book August 27 and will be distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment with bonus features developed and created by Scream Factory and Anchor Bay. Artwork and bonus features to be announced in the next couple of months.

Update 2: Here are the full extra and A/V specs for every disc in the set:

Update 3: New extras have been added and are included in red. In addition, Anchor Bay sent over a comparison between the old bootleg Producer's Cut of Curse of Michael Myers and their new restoration, which is included at the bottom of the page

John Carpenter’s Halloween

– The Extended Version (In HD - TV Inserts Are In Standard Definition)

Interview with Moustapha Akkad about origin of Halloween

Featurette: Halloween Unmasked 2000

Featurette: The Making Of Halloween 4: Final Cut

NEW episodes of Horror's Hallowed Grounds - We go back to the filming locations of Halloween 4, Halloween 5 (with special guest Don Shanks) and Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers. Plus the original 2005 pilot for Horror's Hallowed Grounds featuring a look at the locations of the original Halloween.

Horror's Hallowed Grounds: Fan Edition – A special episode shot with, and for, the fans as they board a bus tour, during the 35 Years of Terror convention, and visit the locations of Halloween, Halloween II, Halloween III, and Halloween (2007). Hosted by HHG’s Sean Clark with special guests Dick Warlock, Charles Cyphers, Brian Andrews, Tommy Lee Wallace and Erik Preston.

Update 1: Here is the cover art:

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I'm really eager to get this set, though as much as is being included, it looks like not quite everything's here. For instance, the television version of "Halloween: H20" is missing (here's a comparison of it & the theatrical cut: http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=5...), and the theatrical version of Rob Zombie's "Halloween 2". (Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume his Unrated Director's Cut is what's included here.)

Not that I'm complaining, mind you; this collection is a "Halloween" saga fan's dream! And I'm definitely a hardcore fan - I even love 4 & 5 (though I still have no interest in seeing "Resurrection").

Being an avid horror fan and a HUGE fan of most horror classics, I seriously wanted to like the "Halloween" franchise. I wasn't expecting "The Godfather" trilogy here, but good God, this series is mostly unwatchable. Of course John Carpenter's "Halloween" is impeccable in every way, "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" is a fun little movie if fans are ready to admit that, and that "Halloween H20: Halloween 20 Years Later" is the 2nd best movie to feature Michael Myers. I just think that the rest of the movies are either soporific or extremely dull, possibly sans "Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers". I mean that sounds kind of funny how I listed 4 movies that were either decent or pretty well-done, but let's look at the rest of this franchise:

Halloween II? I'm not talking about Rob Zombie's godawful sequel, I'm talking about the 1981 version. EVERYONE raves and praises this movie to their grave, and I seriously cannot for the life of me wonder why this is regarded as such a great sequel. For one, all of the characters aside from Jamie Lee Curtie and Donald Pleasence are just awful. I thought that the pacing was laborious as hell, especially the first 50 or 60 minutes of this movie. And I just could not take this movie seriously. All attempts at suspense just fail for me and even the nudity just feels gratuitous in this movie. Halloween 5? The worst acting and dialogue awards go to this movie. It's like they didn't even try here. And again, I expected middle-of-the-road performances. Took me out of the movie. I won't even bother talking about "Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers", "Resurrection", Rob Zombie's "Halloween" or "Halloween II", but this is just not a good series.

Again, since this box set sounds so good and so tempting, I really wanted to like this franchise, but I just cannot.

I wouldn't class myself as a fan but I do own the several versions of the original movie plus the Rob Zombie sequels. It's expensive but I'll I think I'll splash out on this. Halloween stuff can become very collectable.

I think u mean the producers cut of Halloween 6. Here are tons of changes. I had the dvd years ago that was horrible quality. You can check movie-censorship.com and they list changes to movies. I don't need this set. I like a lot of these films, but the rob zombie ones are terrible and many of the sequels are pretty lousy.

mlcm wrote: While I'm not a fan of Halloween movies, this is amazing news for fans. Fantastic to see rival companies collude for the sake of the fans (and profit)

definitely amazing, while the Friday set surprised me it was only 2 companies so it didn't seem impossible. but with 4 or 5 companies owning the Halloween movies, i honestly believe something like this would never happen....well least not in north america!